As the winter approaches, a Trixie disgustingly examines a yellow squash at the Daley Center plaza, during a last-ditch effort to obtain fresh fruits and vegetables. She determines that these squash are not of the quality she wants to use in her squash almondine appetizer for a Friday night Halloween party, and she will leave work early to get to Whole Foods, which will certainly offer a more acceptable vegetable.
A Trixie plows her SUV stroller through a Lincoln Park Walgreens in search of bottled frappucino, after a failed attempt to maneuver her SUV stroller into a Starbuck’s retail store. The SUV Stroller, a jumbo 22-inch model with a rated top speed of 24 mph, would not fit through the door and past the many shelves of kitschy seasonal coffee-themed merchandise.
Jenny’s poodle “Amaretto” is attacked by a brutish Siberian Husky at Doggie Beach. Using techniques derived from her Pilates classes at Lakeshore Athletic Club on Fullerton, she quickly springs into action and saves her baby from certain doom.
New Society member Melanie Kramer (T.I.T.) surveys the food court at the James R. Thompson Building. Although recommended by newly-made friends as a cheaper alternative to Cafe Baci, Melanie is not so sure she really wants to descend to the lower-level food court in search of a cheap lunch. She had already pictured her usual table at Cafe Baci.
A Trixie emerges from Whole Foods Market only to discover her Jetta flanked on all sides by matching Jettas. As she loads her gourmet granola products into the trunk, she ponders how to get her Jetta out from this Jetta mash. With so many women buying black Jettas in the Village, she had to try her alarm key remote on all four Jettas before she identified hers, with her frozen groceries beginning to thaw.